Lieutenant Thomas W. Chandler of Co. F, 67th New York Infantry Regiment. From the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
The 67th New York Infantry Regiment was a regiment of the Union Army, which was raised in the city of Brooklyn in 1861 at the beginning of the American Civil War.[4]
May and June 1861: The 67th Regiment, New York Volunteers (their official State Designation) was organized in Brooklyn, New York, under special authority of the War Department.[5] The 67th received its State numerical designation August 19, 1861. The official recruiting office was on Fulton Street in Lower Manhattan.
Companies A, B, and E were known as "Beecher's Pets",[5] after Henry Ward Beecher, a prominent Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, dedicated abolitionist, and fiery speaker in the mid-19th century. He was the brother of Harriet Beecher Stowe, the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin. Plymouth Church of the Pilgrim, the church of the Reverend Beecher, was a stop on the Underground Railroad, helping escaped slaves reach Canada and freedom. It still stands on Hicks Street in Brooklyn and remains an active and highly patronized church.
Company C was principally recruited at Scio in Allegany County in western New York state. Company D was recruited from Clyde in Wayne County, and Company H was recruited from Rochester. The newspapers of the day referred to the 67th as the "Brooklyn Phalanx". Brooklyn was not yet part of New York City, and the men of the 67th called themselves the 1st Long Island Volunteers.
In total 1,567 men and boys enlisted in the 67th from May 1861 to June 1864.[6] They were commanded by Colonel Julius Adams and Lt. Colonel Nelson Cross. Their first assignment was the defense of Washington, D.C.[7]
August 21, 1861: The 67th was attached to Graham's Brigade, Buell's division (later known as "Keyes Division"),[5] which was part of the Division of the Potomac. The division became part of the renamed Army of the Potomac.
August 22, 1861: The 67th departed for Washington, D.C., stopping overnight in Baltimore where they slept with loaded muskets at the station, due to danger from the Baltimore riot of 1861. They arrived in Washington on August 24. They would remain in Washington, moving from camp to camp, until March 1862.
October 1861: The 67th Regiment was attached to the 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, VI Army Corps, Army of the Potomac.[5]
April 13, 1862: All musicians not assigned to specific companies were mustered out.[6]
July and August 1862: The 67th Regiment was attached to the 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, IV Army Corps, Army of the Potomac.[5] They were part of the reserve units at the Battle of Antietam, September 16–17.[8]
October 1862: Attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, VI Army Corps, Army of the Potomac.[5]
May 3, 1863: They were involved in the Battle of Marye's Heights, followed by action at Salem Heights and Bank's Ford.
Monument to the 1st Long Island Volunteers at Culp's Hill, Gettysburg Battlefield
July 1863: At the Battle of Gettysburg, the regiment was down to 363 "effectives".[9] A monument was later erected to the 67th Regiment on Culp's Hill with an inscription that reads "Held this position on July 3rd, then moved double quick to left center to resist Confederate charge upon our batteries". The Pickett-Pettigrew assault (more popularly, Pickett's Charge[10])[11] was repulsed with severe casualties.
January to March 1864: The 67th had duty guarding prisoners at the prison at Johnson's Island, Lake Erie, Ohio.
April 1864: Attached to the 4th Brigade, 1st Division, VI Army Corps.[5]
May and June 1864: Active in the campaign from the Rapidan River to the James River. The regiment now numbers approximately 320 at the beginning of this campaign.
July 4, 1864: The non-veterans (those volunteers who did not re-enlist) mustered out.[6]
July 9–11, 1864: The 67th moved from Petersburg to Washington by ship, to help repulse General Jubal Early's attack on Fort Stevens, and his planned raid on Washington. They arrived just in the nick of time. The remaining men of the 67th were formed into a battalion of five companies A-E under Captain Henry C. Frisk.[5]
During its service in the war the 67th lost 5 officers, 68 enlisted men by death or who were killed in action: by wounds received in action 2 officers, 37 enlisted men: of disease and other causes 2 officers and 37 enlisted men.[5] Of the enlisted men who died, 9 died in the hands of the enemy. One man is listed as dying of sunstroke. One man was discharged for old age at the age of 45.[6]
They were engaged in all of the 23 battles of the Army of the Potomac during 3years of service.
30 of the men from the 1st Long Island Volunteers who are buried at Green-wood cemetery in Brooklyn have had their previously unmarked graves marked and headstones erected. The Green-wood cemetery has an ongoing project to identify all those unmarked graves from the Revolutionary War and the Civil War. There are still many graves to be examined. So far 3,300 Civil War graves have been examined, and the forgotten dead identified and honored.[12]
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↑ As reported back to Adjutant General Hillhouse upon departure from New York on November 16, 1861
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